Wm. Randolph Smith is a partner in the firm's Antitrust Group, which was named a "Practice Group of the Year" in 2014 by Law360. His recent matters include acting as lead antitrust counsel in some of the largest and most significant transactions in the aerospace, telecommunications, and chemical industries. Examples include:

AT&T's $67 billion acquisition of DIRECTV, as well as its proposed acquisition of Time Warner, Inc.

Flowers Foods' acquisition of Wonder Bread brand and other assets from the bankrupt estate of Hostess, Inc.

United Technologies' $16 billion acquisition of Goodrich Aerospace, and proposed sale of its Sikorsky division to Lockheed Martin.

DuPont, in its $5.8 billion acquisition of Danisco and $4.9 billion sale of its automotive and industrial coatings business.

Alcoa's acquisitions of Firth Rixson, Tital and RTI in 2014-15.

He also handles government investigations and antitrust litigation, including:

Application for corporate amnesty from criminal prosecution under the Justice Department's "Leniency Program."

Third party representations in FTC investigations of aerospace and
on-line advertising transactions and DOJ investigations of biotech and
online travel transactions.

Multidistrict class action antitrust cases involving AT&T's iPhone.

Defense of antitrust counterclaim in trade secret case for DuPont.

Robinson-Patman Act litigation in building products.

Mr. Smith's practice involves the full range of antitrust advice associated with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, trade associations, cartel enforcement, the Robinson-Patman Act, the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, and the interaction of the antitrust laws and intellectual property. In addition, based on his experience in the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the FTC, he advises on advertising, and other consumer law issues, in conjunction with the firm's APRM practice.

Mr. Smith has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in the area of antitrust law every year from 2007-2018; he has also been named to the Washington, D.C. "Super Lawyer" list each of those years. He is recommended by every significant publication ranking antitrust lawyers, including Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Business Lawyers, Legal Media Group's Expert Guide to Competition and Antitrust Lawyers, and the Global Competition Review's GCR 100.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring in 1981, Mr. Smith completed six years of service with the Federal Trade Commission, where his positions included Executive Assistant to the Chairman.

Mr. Smith obtained his law degree from Stanford University Law School, where he was a member of the Stanford Law Review. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Tulane University. He has published articles and commentary on recent antitrust developments, and has been on the faculty of numerous antitrust programs.